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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

I am not a fan of makeup. I don't like the way it feels on my face. I don't really know how to put it on. I don't think I look better with it. Oh, and I am allergic to most of it.

I've tried to like makeup, or at least tolerate it. Every three years, like clockwork, I convince myself cosmetic technology has advanced enough that I can put together an easy makeup routine that won't cause my skin to bubble and peel, or turn into an oil slick. I talk Tara or one of my sisters into taking me out and we buy a full set of whatever the latest and greatest is to replace the previous latest and greatest that has congealed, dehydrated, and broken in my bathroom drawer. Then I take the new stuff home, wear it once, hate it, and put it in the drawer to congeal, dehydrate, and break.

I might be pulling it out again though. The New York Times says I should.

Yep, that's right, according to the Times I may not appear as "competent" as my peers because I do not paint my face.

And I thought my incompetence was what actually was doing it.

Kidding.

When I first read the article I was, understandably, a little ticked. I pulled out my Helen Reddy 8-track and railed against the unfairness of the world. I wanted to pledge not only not to wear makeup, but to stop waxing my upper lip, and wearing deodorant. I was thisclose to buying one of those "anti smell crystals" the hippies love when I had another thought.

I do other things to make me look competent at work, that have nothing to do with how I do my job.

I wear nice, stain free clothes.

I make sure my fingernails are clean, and my hair is brushed.

I keep my desk neat, and display pictures of an adorable child.

None of these things should influence if people view me as competent, but they do. They let them know I am a functioning adult who understands how to behave in society, and who wants to working.

So how would a little lip gloss be any different?

I'm giving it a week, just to see if I notice any changes.

Oh, and I am not wearing foundation. I don't care if it makes me look like the Mayor of competent town. There are some things I just won't do.

I really only wear makeup when I go to work, and if we are going somewhere where I am trying to make an effort to look nice. The rest of the time, it's naked face all the way.

The days when I don't wear any to work, I forgot, I was running late, I was not feeling well, I had a stye in my eye, someone always manages to tell me that I look "tired" which you know is code for old. So the next day, or on my lunch I usually bring the paint back out.

i never wear make up. not due to incompetence or allergies or principals. mostly just laziness. and the last time i put on some subtle eye makeup, my boyfriend gave me a weird look and asked why i was all fancied up. nope, it just didn't feel natural!

I don't agree that wearing foundation has to equal "wearing make up" and I think that's where lots of women get intimidated and let down........because covering all your skin DOES make it like an oil slick most of the time!

I only wear eye shadow, mascara, and lip gloss regularly. It takes 5 minutes, it doesn't sweat off, and lip gloss is easy to re apply. So yeah.

I only wear makeup if I am going somewhere special (much to my mother's disproval). Making me look less competent seems like a bonus now, since I am lazy. I would also like to add that you are one up on me with the whole hair brushing thing. I have a very nice hat collection that I use so frequently that when I don't wear one, people look at me like they don't know who I am.

Hah! I take off the makeup as soon as I'm in the door. I do keep my nails clean and even trimmed up evenly most of the time. Unless I broke a nail mid-day. But, I'm too non-lady-like to have a nail file. Ever. Even though I buy them all the time. I think they are with the socks the dryer eats.

I am an American man, and I have decided to boycott American women. In a nutshell, American women are the most likely to cheat on you, to divorce you, to get fat, to steal half of your money in the divorce courts, don’t know how to cook or clean, don’t want to have children, etc. Therefore, what intelligent man would want to get involved with American women?

American women are generally immature, selfish, extremely arrogant and self-centered, mentally unstable, irresponsible, and highly unchaste. The behavior of most American women is utterly disgusting, to say the least.

This blog is my attempt to explain why I feel American women are inferior to foreign women (non-American women), and why American men should boycott American women, and date/marry only foreign (non-American) women.

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Thank you for reminding me of Helen Reddy! I fricken love "I Am Woman." No, I'm not joking. I haven't heard it in ages (until I watched that horrific Sex and the City 2 movie) but as a grown woman, I appreciate the lyrics about 1000 times more than I ever could of when the song was actually popular. As for makeup, screw the study! Do what you want. You are WOMAN!

So I just read three different articles written about the same study, and none of them concerned the most interesting thing that the study suggests: as the lines between gender and race blur, beauty is becoming more important than ever.

Also, whoever wrote that family goes strong article obviously did not read the study at all.